1 Peter 3:1 - Forerunner Commentary

1 Peter 3:1

Submission to Husbands

1 Wives, likewise, be ^asubmissive to your own husbands, that even if some do not obey the word, ^bthey, without a word, may ^cbe won by the conduct of their wives,

2 ^awhen they observe your chaste conduct accompanied by fear.

3 ^aDo not let your adornment be merely outward—arranging the hair, wearing gold, or putting on fine apparel—

4 rather let it be ^athe hidden person of the heart, with the¹ incorruptible beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God.

5 For in this manner, in former times, the holy women who trusted in God also adorned themselves, being submissive to their own husbands,

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Interlinear Bible for 1 Peter 3:1:

Likewise,
homoios (#3668) ye wives,
gune (#1135) be in subjection
hupotasso (#5293) to your own
idios (#2398) husbands;
aner (#435) that,
hina (#2443) if any
ei tis (#1536) obey not
apeitheo (#544) the
xurao (#3588) word,
logos (#3056) they also
kai (#2532) may without
aneu (#427) the word
logos (#3056) be won
kerdaino (#2770) by
dia (#1223) the
xurao (#3588) conversation
anastrophe (#391) of the
xurao (#3588) wives;
gune (#1135)

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